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Environmental Sustainability and Stewardship Minor

The minor in Environmental Sustainability and Stewardship offers a multidisciplinary approach to the theory and practice of sustainability and stewardship.

By providing students with a broad-based awareness of sustainability and stewardship issues we hope to produce broadly trained and responsible citizens who understand and can apply relevant scientific understanding of fundamental ecological and environmental phenomena; recognize the social, economic, and political context of environmental decisions at the individual, community, and global level.

We also encourage all minors to pursue internships, co-op experiences, independent study courses, and service learning experience to link theory to real world experience related to the student’s major and career plans.

In addition, the following courses are being offered in the Spring of 2012:

Course

CRN

Title

Notes

AGR 306

24633

Global Society's Food Supply

AGR 308

24644

Agricultural Economics

AGR 340

25858

Conservation of Agri Resources

BIO 316

20546

Ecology

BIO 316

24854

Ecology Lab

BIO 316

20547

Ecology Lab

BIO 316

20548

Ecology Lab

BIO 317

25476

Conserv of Wildlife Resources

BIO 317

20549

Conserv of Wildlife Resources

BIO 317

24878

Conserv of Wildlife Resources

BIO 317

20963

Conserv of Wildlife Resources

BIO 317

20981

Conserv of Wildlife Resources

BIO 317

20962

Conserv of Wildlife Resources

EHS 300

20816

Water Supplies & Waste Disposa

EHS 300

20817

Water Supply & Waste Disp Lab

EHS 335

20819

Hazardous & Solid Waste Mgment

EHS 425

20824

Environ Health Program Plan

GEO 302

26179

Global Environmental Problems

GEO 325

23179

Land Use and Environ Planning

GLY 303

24992

Environmental Geoscience

PHI 385

25529

Environmental Ethics

SOC 383

25675

Environmental Sociology

ENG 365*

26189

Appalachian Literature

* Dr. Erin Presley's section ONLY approved for the ENVS Minor.

ENG 210W*

25322

Enjoying Literature

*Dr. Szubinska's section ONLY approved for the ENVS Minor

Course Descriptions 2011-2012 Catalog

AGR 306 The Global Society’s Food Supply. (3) A. a study of the complexities of the global food and fiber supply including the production, manufacturing and distribution systems. these studies include historical influences, current topics and health related food issues

AGR 308 Agricultural Economics. (3) I, II. Prerequisite: ECO 230. an introduction to the economic environment of the agribusiness sector. Examines the role of agriculture in the U.S. and world economies. Includes concepts and principles concerning individual agribusiness decision making

AGR 319 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems. (3) II. Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Principles of energy and how those needs can potentially be met in the future will be discussed. Comparisons of existing energy sources (fossil fuels, nuclear power) with renewable sources (biomass, solar, and tidal)

AGR 340 Conservation of Agricultural Resources. (3) A. Conservation of soils and their fertility, erosion and control, soil conservation methods for individual farms, water supply and distribution, problems of water and air pollution, problems resulting from the population explosion

BIO 316 Ecology. (4) I, II. Prerequisite: BIO 131 or 141. Basic concepts and principles as applied to the study of organisms or groups of organisms in their interrelations to each other and to their environments. 2 lec/4 lab.

BIO 532 Conservation Biology. (3) L. Prerequisite: BIo 316 or instructor approval. Examination of principles and practices of conservingglobal biological diversity. Causes, consequences and rates of extinction. application of philosophical, biological, sociological, and legal principles to the conservation of genes, species and ecosystem

ECO 340 Environmental Economics. (3) A. Cross listed as APP 340. Prerequisite: ECO 230. applications of basic economic analysis to a study of the environment and environmental problems. Major topics include benefit-cost analysis for environmental decision making, the potential for market-based solutions to environmental problems, and the role and development of environmental policy. Credit will not be awarded for both ECO 340 and APP 340

EHS 300 Water Supplies and Waste Disposal. (4) I, II. Prerequisite: EHS 280. Prerequisite/Corequisite: BIO 320 or CLT 209 and CLT 211. drinking water safety in both individual private systems and larger public systems. Maintenance of raw water quality, water purification, delivery systems, and surveillance. techniques for collection, treatment, and disposal of sewerage also discussed.

EHS 335 Hazardous and Solid Waste Management. (3) II. Prerequisites: CHE 111, 111l and EHS 280; or departmental approval. Corequisite: EHS 285. nature of toxic and hazardous wastes and methods for their disposal to protect health and the environment and to prevent contamination of groundwater. the environmental health and safety aspects of solid waste collection, treatment and disposal, and regulations governing waste management are also discussed.

EHS 425 Environmental Health Program Planning. (3) A. Prerequisites: EHS 280 and 335. administration, planning, implementation, and evaluation of environmental health programs. discussion of resources and promotional techniques, and the role of the environmental health specialist dealing with community, state, and regional agencies.

GEO 325 Environmental Land Use Planning. (3) A. Examines how principles of landscape ecology, resource conservation, and environmental impact analysis are incorporated into land use decisions and public policy. Emphasizes practical application at the site and regional scales.

GLY 303 Environmental Geoscience. (3) A. Prerequisite: any general education geology course or departmental approval. Investigation of the Earth as a complex set of interconnected systems that cycle elements, water, and earth materials over geologic and human time scales. The course emphasizes global environmental changes that occur on the planet because of human actions. Gen Ed VII(NS) Natural Science and Gen Ed 15 Natural Science and Gen Ed 16 Natural Science

PHI 385 Environmental Ethics. (3) A. an examination of historical and contemporary views of the values and rights of nature. Possible topics include animal rights, conservationism, the land ethic, stewardship, deep ecology, ecofeminism, and indigenous approaches to the environment.

SOC 383 Environmental Sociology. (3) A. the study and application of concepts from ecology, political economy and sociology to better understand the relationship between humans and their physical environment